Six card Cribbage is basically a game for two players but adapts easily for 3 players and for 3 to 4 players in fixed partnerships - a very useful feature. It is now the standard from of Cribbage and widely playued in Englishh speaking part of the world.
Game Instruction:
Rules And Controls
- Use the mouse to left and make the deals and choices
- 2 Players use a standard 52 card pack. ards rank K (high) Q J 10 908 7 6 5 4 3 2 A (low)
- Your objective is to be the first to score 121 points or over ( Twice round the usual British design of board) accumalated over several deals. Points are scored mainly for combinations of cards either occuring durif the plau or occuring in a players hand or in the cards discarded before the play, which form the crib or box.
- The score is kept by means of a board and pegs. Starting at one end of the board - usually to the left of the first dealer - players peg their scores as they occur using their two pegs alternately the forward peg shows the player's latest score and the rear peg shows previous score.
Deal
- The first deal is determined by cutting the cards. The player cutting the lower card deals and has the first box or crib. If the cards are equal - and that includes both player cutting a ten card (10, J, Q or K) - There is another cut for the first deal. The deal then alternates from hand to hand until the game is over. It is usual to play best of three for the second game first box and deal alternate, but for the thrid game - if a decider is needed - there is a fresh cut.
Discard
- Each player chooses two cards to discard face down to from the crib. These four cards are set aside until the end of the hand. The crib will count for the dealer - non dealer will try to throw cards that are unlikely to make valuable combinations, but must balance this against keeping a good hand for himself. Dealer, on the other hand, may sometimes find it pays to place good cards in the box - especially if they cannot be used to best advantage in hand.
